Category: Beauty

In Germany we have many options to buy natural cosmetics in the drugstore. The big drugstores have their own natural cosmetics brands, that is Rossmann with Alterra, DM with Alverde and Müller with Terra Naturi. A few weeks ago there was a big uproar in German green beauty blogger circles as Terra Naturi came out with a vegan eyeshadow palette in BURGUNDY tones: 01 Magic Burgundy. (Their second palette with brown / green shades contains carmine, though *facepalm*.)

So today I want to show you this beautiful palette and swatch the colours!

From left to right, brown to burgundy, and in different lighting:
The brown tone is a medium shimmery brown with some minor glitter particles.

I just want to give you a quick update to the Earthwise Beauty products that I’m currently using as part of my face care routine. Cistus and Moonlight was a gifted PR-sample, the other products have been in my June Boxwalla Beauty Box that I bought with my own money.

I mixed some of my dried herbs and flowers for a facialsteam, including lavender, chamomile, rose petals, calendula and hibiscus flowers, just to name a few. I do steam before applying a face mask and use the sud as a hair rinse afterwards.

Just depotted some eyeshadows. To get the glue melted I used a hot-or-cold compress. You can manage the right temperature quite good, and the compress fits all sizes of shadows. Easy to get them out!

In the picture you can see #drhauschka, #terranaturi, #alverde and #benecos #eyeshadows in #mauve, #taupe and #greige as well as #dustwhite and #lightrose. I made those names up so you get the point with those type of colours. I was not able to find an eyeshadow palette with such hues, do you know one?

In this photo I wear the Inika lipliner in “sugar plum” and lipstick in “orchid fields”, and a dab eyeshadow “copper crush” in the middle of the lower lip. I also wear the eyeshadow as an eyeliner.
Blush is Inika’s pot blush in “pink pinch” on mineralfoundation in “patience”. Both are very subtle on my skin and leave the focus on my lips.

The mascara is Marie W. in “rabenschwarz” (thanks to @herbsandflowers, it is an ongoing pleasure using this!), and I used the Dr. Hauschka pink eyeshadow on the complete lid to even out the skin tone before applying the liner.

The eyeshadow and mineralfoundation are PR-samples from @knospa, the rest is my own stuff which I won or paid for myself.

Empties

In the last weeks I tried to get rid of some sample sachets that pile up in my sample drawer. Yes, I admit it: I have a small drawer where I have to stock samples and trial sizes because there are soo much of them. I used up quite a lot and liked some of the products.

Yüli Halcyon Cleanser: I liked it so much that I bought a full size.

Dr. Alkaitis Organic Treatment Oil: This is part of the travel kit which I also bought.

Urtekram Blond Shampoo: When I think about it, I like Urtekram as a brand very much. I also used up a large bottle of shampoo and have stocked some other items. I am not blonde, but the shampoo was even nice for my hair. It is good to know for me that the formulation of their hair care products work for me!

Safeas Fig Hydro Active Moisturizing Cream: Although it contains glycerin – which I tend to avoid – my skin was happy with this sample. The consistency is lighter than most creams I use, so this could be a product for summer.

I used up a lot more samples than these ones, and afterwards my skin showed me that I should get rid of my sample stash. Okay, you won.Continue reading “Zeitgeist #6”

I love the warmth and density of spicy scents. Patchouli smells kind of sweet and spicy, in combination with ylang-ylang it seems almost flowery itself. Incense remains more on the cool side of spicyness, for me it is not as complex as patchouli and smells maybe a little dull. Yet I like it much! Sandalwood, as the name suggests, smells woody. Together with citrusy scents it adds volume to every composition.

In music, for me …
… patchouli would be a bariton in “Ameno”.
… sandalwood would be the cello in “Tonight“.
… incense were background choir in “Ronja Rövardotter“.

But as in music, these scents don’t go solo. They take their part in an orchestra of ingredients and essential oils blended together to create some wonderful skincare.

Frankincense promotes healing, fades scars, helps against acne and evens the skin tone as well as lifts the skin. It reduces the appearance of large pores, combats wrinkles and fine lines and has a calming effect on the mind.

Patchouli helps with acne and skin irritation, it is cell regenerative, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-aging. It counteraffects inflammation and promotes healing.

Sandalwood is effective for acne and eczema and reduces large pores. It is good for very dry, dehydrated and sensitive skin.

You can add 5 drops of essential oil to 30ml carrier oil for a body treatment oil or 10 drops of essential oils to 100ml carrier oil to get a face oil. Also you can use incense, patchouli and sandalwood hydrosols as face or body mist.

(I gathered these informations from all the manufacturers websites that make these and more lovely products containing incense, sandalwood and patchouli.)

I used blue and green loose mineral powder eyeshadow from Chrimaluxe Minerals. I applied bright blue color onto the moving part of the lid and blended it into the crease with green color. At the lower lashes I added a little bit of color, too. With a white khol kajal I brightened the inner lower lash line an coated my upper lashes with black mascara.
The bright color brings out the brown of my eyes, yet behind my glasses the color isn’t too much.

When the days are getting shorter and the colors in nature begin to mute, I feel like bringing bright ones into my makeup. As soon as the leaves turn yellow and red, daylight is no longer sharp and bright, and I tend to wear more makeup – as if the soft light muted the bright colors to just the right amount of dab of paint in my face.

I am so happy to share this blogpost with you. Finally I have found a hair oil that is not weighing down, making my hair manageable and soft. The myrto-naturalcosmetics antistatic hair oil is by far the best hair oil I have used!

Here is another very simple eye make-up for you. Everything you need is lilac and white eye shadow, a white kajal liner and some mascara.

With the lilac eye shadow I cover the moving part of the lid. With the white one, I blend it up to the brow bone.

Using a very fine wet eyeliner brush, I draw a lilac line at the upper lashes. With the same brush, I add a little color beneath the lower lash line. Then I apply white kajal liner on the lower water line.

Some grey mascara, that’s it!

Products I used:

Benecos Natural Kajal, white

Dr. Hauschka Eyeshadow solo, 07 smoky violet

Alverde Eyeshadow, cream

This look is not impressive, but it is a nice detail. I like to wear lilac and violet tops, and a hint of those colors on my eyes makes the look somewhat complete.